Re: struct arrays and cs-lists

[Ben Abbott]

On Nov 13, 2012, at 10:28 AM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:

> On 13 November 2012 10:12, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>> On Nov 13, 2012, at 9:42 AM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> 
>>> So how are struct arrays meant to be used?
>> 
>> Would supporting an empty index to produce an equivalent cell array be 
>> useful ...
>> 
>>        cellarray = s.()
> 
> Sorry, but this doesn't answer my question. If indexing struct arrays
> with field names produces cs-lists, how is this supposed to be used?
> Am I supposed to do "{s.foo}" or "[s.foo]" depending on which one I
> want? What's the point of cs-lists here, what was the intent, or is
> there simply no intent and just a Matlab design bug that we have to
> copy?
> 
> - Jordi G. H.

I agree with your point about the poor design (bug?).

It would have been preferred if {s.foo}, {s.("foo")}, or {s(:).foo} produced a 
cell-array with the same size as s.  And {s.foo}{:} produced a cs-list.

Ben